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authorEdward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io>2022-07-27 19:02:59 +0200
committerEdward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io>2022-09-07 15:29:38 +0200
commitf94f1653368bf8c499fa9a6eeba81736bb2a7710 (patch)
tree0d9fb4b2729adf0c69326ebf6084fb61f658d545 /src/testlib/doc/src
parent8b514c9c588f5570526c9ce0376bffbf431843f8 (diff)
Document shell-friendly data tags as best practice
Also follow this best practice in testlib's own documentation and examples. Pick-to: 6.4 Change-Id: I8b57dfa8f88835adae8fceeb122a16635708e338 Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/testlib/doc/src')
-rw-r--r--src/testlib/doc/src/qttest-best-practices.qdoc6
-rw-r--r--src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttest-best-practices.qdoc b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttest-best-practices.qdoc
index 3980b453f7..6633b07630 100644
--- a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttest-best-practices.qdoc
+++ b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttest-best-practices.qdoc
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@
Do not simply number the test-case, or use bug-tracking identifiers. Someone
reading the test output will have no idea what the numbers or identifiers
mean. You can add a comment on the test-row that mentions the bug-tracking
- identifier, when relevant.
+ identifier, when relevant. It's best to avoid spacing characters and
+ characters that may be significant to command-line shells on which you may
+ want to run tests. This makes it easier to specify the test and tag on \l{Qt
+ Test Command Line Arguments}{the command-line} to your test program - for
+ example, to limit a test run to just one test-case.
\section2 Write Self-contained Test Functions
diff --git a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
index 3d9cfb3e3c..53ef055d2b 100644
--- a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
+++ b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
\li result
\row
\li 0
- \li all lower
+ \li all-lower
\li "hello"
\li HELLO
\row
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
\li HELLO
\row
\li 2
- \li all upper
+ \li all-upper
\li "HELLO"
\li HELLO
\endtable